Macrovision InstallShield 12 Premier/12 Professional ActiveX Control code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Macrovision InstallShield 12 Premier/12 Professional. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5661. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Macrovision InstallShield 12 Premier/12 Professional and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install (OCI) ActiveX control 12.0 before SP2 does not validate the DLL files that are named as parameters to the control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary library code onto a client machine.

The bug was discovered 03/31/2008. The weakness was disclosed 04/03/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5661 since 10/23/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31724 (Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115772 (Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript OCI Untrusted Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 12 Professional eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41558), Tenable (31724), SecurityFocus (BID 28533†), OSVDB (43956†) and Secunia (SA29549†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31724
Nessus Name: Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: InstallShield 12 Professional

Timelineinfo

10/23/2007 🔍
03/31/2008 +160 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5661 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5661
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41837
X-Force: 41558
SecurityFocus: 28533 - Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript OCI Untrusted Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 29549
OSVDB: 43956 - Macrovision - InstallShield - InstallScript OCI Untrusted Library Remote Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019735
Vulnerability Center: 18100 - Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install does not Validate DLL Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1049

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/02/2025 15:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (66), 08/08/2019 09:05 (11), 05/09/2025 20:09 (17), 06/02/2025 15:39 (2)
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